High-urgency kidney transplantation in the Eurotransplant Kidney Allocation System: success or waste of organs? The Eurotransplant 15-year all-centre survey

Conclusions Facing organ shortages, increasing wait times and considerable mortality on dialysis, we question the current policy of HU allocation and propose more restrictive criteria with regard to individuals with vascular complications or repeated retransplantations in order to support patients on the non-HU waiting list with a much better long-term prognosis.

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Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - September 1, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Assfalg, V., Hüser, N., van Meel, M., Haller, B., Rahmel, A., de Boer, J., Matevossian, E., Novotny, A., Knops, N., Weekers, L., Friess, H., Pratschke, J., Függer, R., Janko, O., Rasoul-Rockenschaub, S., Bosmans, J.-L., Broeders, N., Peete Tags: Renal Transplantation Source Type: research